‘I didn’t have dreams before’: 17-year-old Pennsylvania girl finds new family

DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Cameras aren’t normally allowed in Pennsylvania courtrooms, but a judge made an exception Wednesday, and we’re glad he did, for an exceptional girl and mom.

Normally, when we ask a person to spell their name, it is just a for-the-record question at the beginning of an interview, but Melynie here had to stop and think when we asked her to tell us her full name.

“Melynie Smallwood – m-e-l -,” she said, before pausing. Not after today…

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